Display-stand for headwear.



No. 803,067. PATENTED OCT. 31, 1905. 0. PFLBGER.

DISPLAY STAND FOR HEADWBAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12, 1904.

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PATENTED OUT. 31, 1905.

0. PFLEGERl DISPLAY STAND FOR HEADWEAR.

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DISPLAY-STAND FOR HEADWEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed October 12, 1904. Serial No. 228,139.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO PFLEGER, a citi- -Zen of the United States, and a resident of the tionfor a portable stand which adapt it for a reliable support of a hat or bonnet in any one of different positionsfor its prominent and attractive display.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved stand supporting a mans hat in one position for its display. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same differently adjusted for supporting a hat in a different manner. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side view of the working parts of the improvement, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged partly-sectional inverted plan view substantially on the line 4. 4 in Fig. 2.

Upon a suitable weighty base 5 a tubular standard 6 is erected, having a hollow coupling-head 7 mounted upon and secured to its upper end. Slidable in the head 7 and standard 6 is a hollow extension-rod 8, that loosely fits therein and which may be held stationary at any desired point of telescopic extension by a set-screw 9, screwing through a threaded perforation in the coupling-head 7 and hearing upon the rod 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The extension-rod 8 is preferably bisected and the two portions thereof are hingejointed together by pivoting a link-plate 10. as at b I), in longitudinal slots formed in adjacent ends of the rod-sections, as is represented clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, this provision permitting the upper section of the extensionrod when slid out of the standard 6 to be flexedv and caused to assume any desired angle with regard to the vertical line of the standard and section of the extension-rod held therein, the joints atb having sufficient friction to hold the upper section of the rod as adjusted.

Loosely mounted upon the exterior of the extension-rod 8 is a runner-sleeve 11, having a cross-bar c fixed by its ends oppositely therein near its lower'end, said cross-bar passing through opposite longitudinal slots 0, formed in the tubular extension-rod 8, said slots extending from the hinge-joint plate 10 upward sufficicntly to permit a proper longitudinal movement of the runner-sleeve on the extension-rod.

To afiord stability to the hinge-joints between the two sections of the hollow extension-rod, there may be filling-blocks d secured therein, as appears in Fig. 3, and these blocks,

as well as the walls of the tubular rod-sections,

are transversely perforated for the reception of the pivots b 6, which pass loosely through spaced perforations in the plate 10.

A coiled spring 12 of proper length and tensional strength is located in the slotted section of the extension-rod 8 and is cramped between the upper filling-block d and the cross-bar 0. which adapts the force of the spring to normally press the runner-sleeve l1 upward.

Upon the upper end of the runner-sleeve 11 a series of radially-projected ears e is formed, between which the lower ends of a plurality of rod-like fingers 13 are pivoted. The fingers 13 are of equal length and are straight except near their upper ends, which are bent inward, as at 'g. A guide-plate 14 is mounted upon the upper end of the extension-rod 8, consisting of a flat and preferably circularly edged metal plate having a number of oblong holes h therein, that are spaced evenly apart and are located near the periphery of the guide-plate, each hole receiving afinger 13.

It will be seen from the construction and arrangement of details as described that the pressure of the expanding-spring l2 normally forces the fingers 13 outward and upward so that they radiate from the guide-plate 14:, as shown, their distention being limited by contact of the fingers with the ends of the slots in which they work.

In use the hat or bonnet that is to be dis played may be gripped exteriorly near the tip end, as shown in Fig. l, and be supported by the fingers that grasp the head-covering, and obviously the hat may be disposed in a horizontal position or be inclined by flexure of the hinge-joints 'b if the extension-rod 8 is raised sufiiciently to permit such a flexure of the upper section of the rod.

In Fig. 2 is shown another way to utilize IIG the improved hat or bonnet support. In this case the fingers 13 are drawn together at their outer ends by manipulating the runner-sleeve 11 so that the fingers may be inserted more or less within the hat, their subsequent distention upon the release of the runner-sleeve causing the bent ends of the fingers to press against the side of the hat at different points, and thus hold it on the fingers. The hat or bonnet thus held may be inclined at any desired angle, and thus display the exterior.

It will be seen from the illustration and description of the improvement that a hat or bonnet of any form or size may be given any desired position on the improved supportingstand and be held from accidental displacement. I

Having thus fully described my invention, [claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A display-stand comprising a base, a tubular standard erected on the base, atwo-part, hollow extension-rod hinged together where its ends meet and slidable in the standard, the upper portion of said extension-rod having opposite longitudinal slots therein, a runnersleeve loosely mounted on the extension-rod and having a cross-bar thereon working in the slots, a spring in the extension-rod pressing upon the cross-bar, a plurality of fingerrods jointed at their lower ends upon the upper end of the sleeve, and means for controlling the distention of the finger-rods.

2. A display-stand comprising an upright supported hollow standard, a coupling-head thereon, a hollow extension-rod slidable in the standard, a set-screw in the coupling-head for securing the extension-rod, a coiled spring in the extension-rod, a runner-sleeve on the extension-rod, means adapting the spring for pressing the runner-sleeve longitudinally on the extension-rod, a plurality of finger-rods hin ed at one end on the upper end of the runner-sleeve, and a guide-plate secured on the upper end of the extension-rod, said plate having a plurality of openings therein through scribing witnesses.

OTTO PFLEGER. Witnesses:

WM. P. PATTON, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

